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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>,
	Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tcp: Don't discard window information on keep-alive segments
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:50:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250211195051.197798-1-sbrivio@redhat.com> (raw)

It looks like a detail, but it's critical if we're dealing with
somebody, such as near-future self, using TCP_REPAIR to migrate TCP
connections in the guest or container.

The last packet sent from the 'source' process/guest/container
typically reports a small window, or zero, because the guest/container
hadn't been draining it for a while.

The next packet, appearing as the target sets TCP_REPAIR_OFF on the
migrated socket, is a keep-alive (also called "window probe" in CRIU
or TCP_REPAIR-related code), and it comes with an updated window
value, reflecting the pre-migration "regular" value.

If we ignore it, it might take a while/forever before we realise we
can actually restart sending.

Fixes: 238c69f9af45 ("tcp: Acknowledge keep-alive segments, ignore them for the rest")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
---
 tcp.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
index af6bd95..2addf4a 100644
--- a/tcp.c
+++ b/tcp.c
@@ -1664,8 +1664,10 @@ static int tcp_data_from_tap(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn,
 			tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK);
 			tcp_timer_ctl(c, conn);
 
-			if (p->count == 1)
+			if (p->count == 1) {
+				tcp_tap_window_update(conn, ntohs(th->window));
 				return 1;
+			}
 
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
@@ -1664,8 +1664,10 @@ static int tcp_data_from_tap(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn,
 			tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK);
 			tcp_timer_ctl(c, conn);
 
-			if (p->count == 1)
+			if (p->count == 1) {
+				tcp_tap_window_update(conn, ntohs(th->window));
 				return 1;
+			}
 
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-02-11 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-11 19:50 Stefano Brivio [this message]
2025-02-12  0:42 ` [PATCH] tcp: Don't discard window information on keep-alive segments David Gibson
2025-02-12  1:20   ` Stefano Brivio

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